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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the procedure for ordering medical or dental services |
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for certain persons admitted to or committed to care at certain |
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state facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 551.041, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e) to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) If a department requests consent to perform medical or |
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dental treatment or services from a person or the guardian of the |
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person whose consent is considered necessary and a reply is not |
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obtained immediately, or if there is no guardian or responsible |
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relative of the person to whom a request can be made, the |
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superintendent or director of a department facility shall order: |
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(1) medical treatment or services for the person on |
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the advice and consent of three primary care providers, at least two |
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of whom are [physicians] licensed by the Texas Medical Board [, at
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least one of whom is primarily engaged in the private practice of
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medicine]; or |
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(2) dental treatment or services for the person on the |
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advice and consent of two dentists [a dentist] licensed by the State |
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Board of Dental Examiners and of one physician [two physicians] |
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licensed by the Texas Medical Board [, at least one of whom is
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primarily engaged in the private practice of medicine]. |
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(e) For purposes of this section, "primary care provider" |
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means a health care professional who provides health care services |
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to a defined population of residents. The term includes a physician |
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licensed by the Texas Medical Board, an advanced practice |
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registered nurse licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing, and a |
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physician's assistant licensed by the Texas Medical Board. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a medical or dental procedure performed on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. A medical or dental procedure performed before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |